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Teucer

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By Wikipedia Loves Art participant “yokim” – Uploaded from the Wikipedia Loves Art photo pool on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8895158

He fought alongside his half-brother, Ajax, in the Trojan War and is the legendary founder of the city Salamis on Cyprus.

  • Gender Male
  • Race – Human
  • Occupation – Prince/ Soldier
  • Religion – Hellenic Pantheon
  • Allies – Ajax
  • Enemies – HectorApollo
  • Abode/ Base of operations –  Salamis Island/ Troy/ Cyprus (City of Salamis)
  • Nationality – Salamis (Greek Island State)
  • Languages – Greek
  • Alignment –
  • Affiliation (s) – Greeks
  • Significant others – 

Son of King Telamon of Salamis and his second wife Hesione, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy. Teucer was the nephew of King Priam of Troy and so the cousin of Hector and Paris – all of whom he fought against in the Trojan War.

During the Trojan War, he was mainly a great archer who loosed his shafts behind the giant shield of his half-brother Ajax. When Hector was driving the Greeks back toward their ships, Teucer gave them some success by killing many of the charging Trojans, including Hector’s charioteer. However every time he shot an arrow at Hector, Apollo the protector of the Trojans, would foil the shot.

In his rage at Teucer’s success, Hector picked up a huge rock, and flung it at Teucer. The rock injured Teucer, so that he should retire from the fighting for a certain period of time. Latter he does take up a spear to fight in the war after his bow is broken by the Trojans. He once again challenged Hector, and he narrowly avoided the path of Hector’s flying javelin in the ensuing battle.

Following his half-brother’s suicide, Teucer was disowned by his father and emigrated to Cyprus, where he founded the city of Salamis which he named after his home state.

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